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Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble (mashable.com)

YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers (www.androidauthority.com)

cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2883134 (!android)

That's unfortunate (lemm.ee)

"Block The Rich" is like an ad-blocker, but for obscenely wealthy people with overinflated egos. (lemm.ee)

About 8 months ago I got pretty tired of seeing billionaire spam online. I could not bear to read about yet another rich guy who launched themselves (or their $200,000 car) into outer space 🚀 . I did not care about their expert opinion on the latest meme coin back then. I do not care about their expert opinion on the dangers...

Mastodon has hit 2 million active users today! (lemm.ee)

lemmy.world blocked the largest piracy community in all of lemmy (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/2881638...

The German Rhineland-Palatinate State Parliament has ditched X (Twitter) in favour of open-source decentralised Mastodon (gadgeteer.co.za)

Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency (arstechnica.com)

Automated background removal was also added recently.

Bernie Sanders Champions 32-Hour Work Week With No Loss in Pay (www.commondreams.org)

As part of his Labor Day message to workers in the United States, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday re-upped his call for the establishment of a 20% cut to the workweek with no loss in pay—an idea he said is “not radical” given the enormous productivity gains over recent decades that have resulted in massive profits for...

Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news)

Mozilla review of 25 car brands finds they're "a privacy nightmare" (foundation.mozilla.org)

Trump was just indicted for trying to steal the 2020 election (www.vox.com)

Former President Donald Trump was indicted for an unprecedented third time on August 1, adding another set of serious federal charges to the mounting legal issues he faces.

‘The Onion’ Stands With Israel Because It Seems Like You Get In Less Trouble For That (www.theonion.com)

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Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon. (www.bbc.com)

Outlook suddenly started opening links in Edge, disregarding my default browser settings (www.theverge.com)

Current-era Microsoft continuing to push the boundaries of consent....

All smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EU (mashable.com)

All smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EU::undefined

BBC starts experimenting with the Fediverse, running its own Mastodon instance (social.bbc)

BMW Is Giving Up on Heated Seat Subscriptions Because People Hated Them (www.thedrive.com)

BMW Is Giving Up on Heated Seat Subscriptions Because People Hated Them::The blowback worked—but subscriptions for software-based new car features will continue, according to a BMW board member.

Pope says 'backward' US conservatives replaced faith with ideology (www.euronews.com)

Pope Francis condemned the “very strong, organised, reactionary attitude” in the US church and said Catholic doctrine allows for change over time....

100, here I cum (lemmus.org)

France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone, spy on people (gazettengr.com)

Leaked Zoom all-hands: CEO says employees must return to offices because they can't be as innovative or get to know each other on Zoom (www.businessinsider.com)

Leaked Zoom all-hands: CEO says employees must return to offices because they can’t be as innovative or get to know each other on Zoom::Zoom CEO Eric Yuan discussed the benefits of in-person work in a leaked meeting.